[dba-Tech] Skeuomorphic UIs are dead? Apple to follow MS Win8UI design principles with iOS7?

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Jun 11 13:18:16 CDT 2013


You speak the truth. I can't even name a single person I know who runs Windows 8 even. Only one guy at work who has it in virtual machine and he dislikes it. To be fair though, he's a Linux geek.

- Hans


On 2013-06-11, at 8:51 AM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Hans:
> 
> The whole problem with the Metro UI was that it was installed on the PC. That was not the environment for it. Phone definitely and tablet maybe but not the PC. 
> 
> IMHO one UI for everything is just plain silly. Most users of Windows8, just switch to the old UI and continue working which just makes Metro a waste as far as a PC is concerned. 
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:16 AM
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Skeuomorphic UIs are dead? Apple to follow MS Win8UI design principles with iOS7?
> 
> I think you are disregarding the fact that Metro has been a failure for Microsoft, because it was too much of a change for users to adapt to. Someone got fired for that, if you recall.
> 
> Also, the UI/UX of iOS is in the complete control of a designer.
> 
> The jury is still very much out - even more so than ever.
> 
> - Hans
> 
> 
> On 2013-06-11, at 1:05 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Shamil
>> 
>> Skeuomorphism sure looks dead. And thanks for that.
>> 
>> After the introduction of Metro/Modern UI, I was convinced that in a few years skeuomorphism would be so much yesterday.
>> The new design of iOS settles this.
>> 
>> Now the Linux people are the left behinds ...
>> 
>> /gustav
>> 
>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil
>> Sendt: 11. juni 2013 08:54
>> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Softw
>> Emne: [dba-Tech] Skeuomorphic UIs are dead? Apple to follow MS Win8 UI design principles with iOS7?
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All --
>> 
>> See subj questions and the following links: 
>> 
>> http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apple-ios-7/
>> 
>> http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/take-a-good-look-at-apples-new-ios-7-with-these-early-screenshots/
>> 
>> http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apples-flashlight-is-why-we-cant-fund-nice-dumb-things/  
>> 
>> etc.
>> 
>> it looks like iOS7 is preparing for iOS8 to get running transparently on "Apple Pince-nez"?...
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Салахетдинов Шамиль
>> 
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